Three weeks after Banks suffered a fatal heart attack at 83, a dispute involving his posthumous wishes deepened Monday as the slugger’s adult sons accused Banks’ longtime caregiver, Regina Rice, of coercing him into signing a will that gave her control of his estate. Final Roadmap may not have prevented this but it could have made Mr. Banks wishes clearer to all parties and kept the family in the loop......

The Greeting Card Association estimates that 145,000,000 Valentines will be sent in the U.S. this Valentine’s Day, February 14. The purpose of each is to express love, caring, affection or devotion, and may often be accompanied by a heart-shaped box of drug store chocolates, a dozen overpriced red roses, a romantic candle-lit dinner in a packed restaurant, or, in certain cases of unbridled, aching and desperate love (or lust!)… jewelry......

We spoke recently with Tim Prosch, author of “The Other Talk: A Guide to Talking with Your Adult Children About the Rest of Your Life.” The AARP book has been ranked at or near the top of Amazon’s Best Seller List for retirement planning and aging since its publication in September 2013......